Glades County, Florida

Founding: 1921
Parent county: DeSoto

Namesake: The Florida Everglades
Seat: Moore Haven (1921–)

Land area: 806 square miles

Population (2020): 12,126

Population (historic): 2,762 (1930); 2,745 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1930; 1950–2010

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 69 (1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $964
Average outbuilding value (1930): $275
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.3 rooms
Sources of settlement: Florida and Georgia

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Moore Haven

Namesake: James Moore, real-estate investor

Founding: 1915 (platting); 1916 (post office); 1917 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,566

Population (historic): 623 (1920); 612 (1930); 831 (1940)

Periods of population growth: 1915–1920; 1930s; 1950–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 35 (3.9%)

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